Has Cryptozoology ever found anything, really?

Just a dumb question, but since there are some avid crypto researchers in the world that make their living from it....has cryptozoology ever really
found any fabled animals? I mean, every time I talk about this someone throw out the celocanth fossil fish, but that wasn't found through any means
of cryptozoology at all. No one was -looking- for it.

There are thousands of unidentified species yet to be discovered, with (sometimes) hundreds a month. But they are found through the normal
expeditions, etc. Nothing "crypto" about their discovery.

Has the actual study of cryptozoology yielded anything as a direct result of legitimate research and organized study? Walking through the woods and
finding an insect no one has identified, or having a village give you a carcass of a small furry, yet unidentified rodent does not smack of something
I would consider to be legitimate cryptozoology to me.

I don't know if my point here is coming across, but if you get what I mean, comment away.......

First thing I can think of is the giant squid. It was a myth for decades, but has since been proven to be real. Also, there were a few other sea
creatures who were thought to be extinct but were discovered in recent times.

Very few, if any, of those animals were discovered by "cryptozoologists" though. They were discovered through the "mainstream" sciences. Gotta
be careful unless we start labelling every new animal disocvered a cryptid.

Well, lets see. There was a report of a strange ape in California so a cowboy and his buddy got on their horses and rode over to Sandy Creek. There
they got some amazing footage of one of the creatures. I believe it is known as the Patterson film and 40 years later we're all still scratching our
bums and arguing over it.

I don't know if it's real footage or not, but I've seen a Bigfoot with my own eyes so I know they are real.

Originally posted by Esoterica
Very few, if any, of those animals were discovered by "cryptozoologists" though. They were discovered through the "mainstream" sciences. Gotta
be careful unless we start labelling every new animal disocvered a cryptid.

good point. I'd argue not one creature mentioned (save BF obviously) so far is a true cryptid, not even close really

We really don't need to have proof to keep searching.. The UFO/Aliens forums are going strong, and well, bleep bleep as Sputnik said..

Some day we *might* find something major, but untill we do that, we have to rely on normal science. At least with the cryptids forums, we also get
good discussions as to the expansions of some species, which some of us find very interesting. On top of that, we also get good discussions about
various mutation due to pollution and such.

Yes it's true that some cryptids have been discovered (such as giant squids). But they were not discovered by cryptozoologists- they
were discovered by normal scientists. In other words cryptozoologists have never contributed anything to their own field- much less anything
else.

I think the crypto people are not really interested in the true biology and reason behind a story. They are interested in the mystery. And I it is a
fun thing to talk and wonder about.

But I do not see any real merit to our collective knowledge through those people. If anything they muddy the intellectual waters so to speak, because
quite a few people take those ramblings seriously and as fact.

Originally posted by neopersonageguy
Yes it's true that some cryptids have been discovered (such as giant squids). But they were not discovered by cryptozoologists- they
were discovered by normal scientists. In other words cryptozoologists have never contributed anything to their own field- much less anything
else.

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That explains why their institution was closed in the 1980's. They really never found nothing, only wasted money.

The majority of cryptids were discovered either by explorer's or normal scientists. Cryptozoologists only theorize about these animals and search if
their existence is possible.

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